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toplessly

adv

Etymology

From topless + -ly.

  1. inherited from *tuppaz✻ — “braid, pigtail, end”
  2. inherited from *topp✻
  3. inherited from topp — “top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”
  4. inherited from top
  5. formed as topless — “top + -less”
  6. formed as toplessly — “topless + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Without wearing a garment covering the top half of the body

    • There were lots of zany antics and we tried not to stare too obviously at the beautiful women toplessly sunning themselves...

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA